White supremacy fliers found at UCF campus

UCF Police this week removed about 30 fliers that promoted white supremacy from the Student Union, parking garages and classroom buildings, a school spokeswoman said Wednesday.

"It is difficult to say how many were posted total, since others were likely taken down before UCFPD could recover them," spokeswoman Courtney Gilmartin wrote in an email, adding the police department is investigating the incident.

The fliers, shown on social media, depicted a white man and white woman above the heading "We have a right to exist" or a white man in handcuffs above the words "White guilt."

On Tuesday, UCF vice president Maribeth Ehasz sent out a campus-wide email that condemned "any form of hate, discrimination and injustice" but did not mention the fliers directly.

"...I encourage you to actively listen, engage in scholarly dialogue and demonstrate our shared commitment to respect for all Knights. I challenge you to demonstrate civility," Ehasz wrote. "Acts of hate and offensive behavior will not be tolerated."

Central Florida Hillel, a group that serves Jewish students, also spoke out against the fliers.

"While we respect everyone's constitutional right to free speech, particularly speech that we disagree with, we are concerned that the messages in these posters could lead to divisiveness and hatred on campus," the center posted on its Facebook page.

A white nationalist group claimed credit for placing the fliers around the UCF campus, the student online outlet Knight News reported.